A parasitic fly was found in San Francisco taking over a honeybee.
Urban Nature
Science and Nature
With Dams Removed, Spawning Salmon Are Heading Up Alameda Creek
These chinooks are likely hatchery strays. But they are still an ecosystem boon—and flaming-bright symbols of restoration at work.
Climate Change
What to Do When Your Highway Is Slipping Into the Sea
Picture a giant Rubik’s cube that costs $6–11 billion to solve. That’s State Route 37.
Conservation
Map: Where Oodles of Federal Dollars for Nature Have Gone
BIL and IRA spending on nature in the greater San Francisco Bay Area has topped $1 billion, according to Bay Nature’s most recent tally for our Wild Billions project.
Perspective
A Call for Cat-Bird-People
I am a bird-person. I was assigned this label because I advocate for birds. You may be a bird-person too, or perhaps you are a dog-person, cat-person, frog-person, beaver-person, tree-person or butterfly-person. Advocating for the things you love is noble, … Read more
Science and Nature
The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were overwhelmingly tainted with PFAS. “It’s more widespread than we really thought,” says a scientist. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish.
Summer Issue 2025
Finding (and Redefining) What’s Edible, With Cindy Li
“You don’t have to go somewhere really far away,” says Li, “to see interesting plants.”
Science and Nature
We’ve Lost the A’s, But At Least We Still Have This Invasive Succulent
Baseball fans collect souvenirs like squirrels collect acorns. There are the official ones: home run balls, foul balls, baseball cards (and the quest to get them autographed), commemorative pins, bobbleheads, hat-shaped ice cream bowls. Grown men and women exchange hard-earned … Read more
Science and Nature
Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping
Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. Vegetating the sand dunes is part of the city’s answer.
